On May 9, 2025, a stadium-sized asteroid will make a close pass by Earth. This close flyby of asteroid 2002 JX8 has been meticulously tracked by scientists, and although it poses no threat to Earth, ...

The spunky Lucy mission will make a second gravity assist of our world tonight as it heads off on its hunt for the solar system's origins. Reading time 2 minutes The asteroid hunting spacecraft Lucy ...

World Asteroid Day 2025 is upon us! Here's how you can celebrate the event by livestreaming real-time views of near-Earth asteroids from the comfort of your home. June 30 is the 10th anniversary of ...

A stadium-sized asteroid will pass by Earth on Friday, May 9. And if you're interested, you could see it happen in real time, thanks to a livestream from The Virtual Telescope Project. Known as the ...

An asteroid about the length of three football fields is due to pass closely – but safely – by Earth in just a few hours. The gigantic space rock, which NASA compares to the size of a stadium, has a ...

Asteroid 2024 YR4 has a tiny chance of hitting Earth in 2032, but for now, you can watch it fly harmlessly through space in a short time-lapse video captured by the NASA-funded ATLAS telescope. When ...

Scientists have found all five nucleobases alongisde minerals essential for life as we know it on the potentially hazardous asteroid Bennu. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...